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“Een eigen huis hier in België, is dat huis dan mijn 'thuis'? Wil ik dat wel? Ik heb hier geen vrienden of vriendinnen zoals ik die in Gaza had. Nog niet? Wordt een eigen huis ooit thuis? Zonder mijn familie uit Gaza?”

Book:Malak

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“A cold wind rose, biting through my jacket, and I shivered. Big Ma looked down at me for the first time. “You cold?” “N-no, ma’am,” I stuttered, not ready to leave the forest. “Don’t you be lyin’ to me girl!” she snapped, putting out her hand. “It’s time we was goin’ back to the house anyways. Your mama’ll be home soon.” I took her hand, and together we left the Caroline.”

Love Home Family Warmth Grandmothers Granddaughters

Book:Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Source: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”

Truth Science

Author:Isaac Newton

“When she was a child, she had inherited a ratty canvas tent which her mother had allowed her to drag down from the attic and sit inside. The thrill of a pretended journey had been enough to entertain her for days at time, zipped up with her books and a beakerful of cramberry juice, imagining strange shadows dancing on the fabric walls. You liked it because you liked four walls around you, her mother told her later, you liked to have things where you could see them - your little books and toys and pencils - to zip them up with you and keep them close.”

Home Childhood Camping Playing Belongings

Book:Salt Slow

Source: Salt Slow

Home Belonging

Book:Spells for Lost Things

Source: Spells for Lost Things

“But Little Sunshine stayed on; it was his rightful home, he said, for if he went away, as he had once upon a time, other voices, other rooms, voices lost and clouded, strummed his dreams.”

Home Classic Literature Sounds

Book:Other Voices, Other Rooms

Source: Other Voices, Other Rooms

“While we had thought going home meant going back to a normal life, we had quickly realized there was no normal. Maybe, even, there was no home.”

Home Normalcy Going Back To Normal

Book:Alive Day: A Memoir

Source: Alive Day: A Memoir

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